President,
Smt Pratibha Devisingh Patil conferred six Kirti Chakras and twenty Shaurya Chakras
to serving and retired armed forces personnel and civilians for displaying conspicuous
gallantry, indomitable courage and extreme devotion to duty, at a solemn ceremony
in Rashtrapati Bhawan here today.
The President also conferred seventeen Param Vishisht Seva Medals, twenty
seven Ati Vishisht Seva Medals to senior officers of the Armed Forces for distinguished
service of an exceptional order. The following is the list of awardees:-
GALLANTRY AWARDS
KIRTI
CHAKRA
1.
Shri Dayanand
Pandey, Faizabad, Uttar Pradesh (posthumous)
2.
Mohd.
Shan Ahmed, Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh (posthumous)
3.
Shri Tarun
Kumar Dutta, Assam (posthumous)
4.
Naik Radhakrishnan
C. (3995047) (posthumous)
5.
Captain
Subhash Chand Punia (SS-39785)
6.
Captain
Abhinav Handa (SS-41287)
SHAURYA
CHAKRA
1. Sgt Jai
Prakash Shukla, (737836), posthumous
2. Captain
Sunil Yadav, (SS-40823)
3. Sepoy Rahul,
(4281832), posthumous
4. Sapper Shinde
Ramachandra Shivaji, (15326453), posthumous
5. Subedar
Manohar P, (JC-439107)
6. Lance Naik
Jyotish Prakash, (2693628), posthumous
7. Company
Havildar Major Ramesh Chandra Pandey (14912497)
8. Maj Aman
Oberoi, (IC-59741)
9. Maj Anshul
Shukla, (IC-62851)
10. Maj Sanjay
Kumar Tanwar (IC-55281)
11. Rifleman
Raiece Ahmad Ganaie (9106682)
12. Maj Swapneesh
Parihar, (IC-57912)
13. Lance Naik
Ravinder Singh Malik, (12944610), posthumous
14. Sqn Ldr
Shantanu Basu, (22947), posthumous
15. Naik Rajan
Singh (2488248)
16. Maj Ishwar
Singh Dahiya, (IC-65199)
17. Rifleman
Abdul Hamid Chara, (12974149), posthumous
18. Havildar
Udar Bhanudas Parvati, (2789267), posthumous
19. Assistant
Commandant Anurag Kumar, (10385166)
20. Maj Virender
Singh Salaria, (IC-58612)
PARAM VISHISHT
SEVA MEDAL
1.
Lt Gen Milan Lalitkumar
Naidu (IC-19077)
2.
Lt Gen Harcharanjit Singh
Panag (IC-19834)
3.
Vice Adm Nirmal Verma (01139-N)
4.
Air Marshal Packiam Paul
Rajkumar, (12018)
5.
Air Marshal Pranab Kumar
Barbora, (12375)
6.
Air Marshal (retired) Jayant
Satchidanand Apte, (11900)
7.
Air Marshal (retired) Yeshwant
Rao Rane, (12210)
8.
Lt Gen Thomas Mathew, (IC-19848)
9.
Lt Gen Mandhata Singh, (IC-19860)
10. Lt Gen Sarabjit Singh Dhillon, (IC-19868)
11. Lt Gen Pitamber Kishore Rampal, (IC-19931)
12. Lt Gen Saibal Mukherjee (MR-02753)
13. Lt Gen Sivasankara Pillai Sree Kumar (IC-19891)
14. Lt Gen Prakash Singh Chaudhary,(IC-23030)
15. Lt Gen (retired) Ajeet Singh Bajwa (IC-19004)
16. Lt Gen (retired) Puttammadam Rajah Gangadharan, (IC-19873)
17. Vice Adm Birinder Singh Randhawa, (40298-K)
ATI VISHISHT
SEVA MEDAL
1.
Lt Gen Samer Pal Singh Dhillon,
(IC-23791)
2.
Lt Gen Ranbir Kumar Chhabra,
(IC-23814)
3.
Lt Gen Chandroth Kunnumal
Suchindra Sabu, (IC-24198)
4.
Lt Gen Bharat Singh Sisodia,
(IC-24716)
5.
Lt Gen (retired) Girija
Shankar Misra, (MR-02658)
6.
Air Marshal Pramod Vasant
Athawale, (13472)
7.
Major Gen Soli Noshir Pavri,
(IC-25062)
8.
Maj Gen Roop Kishore Garg,
(MR-03268)
9.
Maj Gen Puthiyaveettil Madhusoodanan,
(MR-02848)
10. Maj Gen Eppen Jacob Kochekkan, (IC-33015)
11. Maj Gen Shri Krishna Singh, (IC-27203)
12. Maj Gen Avinash Chander Soneja, (IC-27264)
13. Maj Gen Gyan Bhushan, (IC-27972)
14. Maj Gen Anil Chandra Chait, (IC-30016)
15. Maj Gen (retired) Pakala Venkateswarlu (IC-32041)
16. Maj Gen (retired) Jose Joseph Manavalan, (IC-24671)
17. Maj Gen (retired) Anil Kumar Mehra, (IC-24722)
18. Rear Adm Rajender Singh, (01427-T)
19. Rear Adm Harisimran Singh Malhi, (40449-B)
20. Rear Adm Pradeep Chauhan, (01610-H)
21. Rear Adm Niranjan Kumar Nadella, (50445-Y)
22. Air Vice Marshal Raj Kumar Vashisht, (13832)
23. Air Vice Marshal (retired) Narayanan Vijayakumar, (12725)
24. Air Vice Marshal (retired) Trichinapoly Subramanyam
Raghu Raman, (12664)
25. Air Commodore Amarsingh Ganpatrao Patil (13272)
26. Air Commodore Gurvinder Jeet Singh Cheema, (14292)
27. Air Commodore Shamsher Jang Bahadur, (14570)
SAMIR / HR / RAJ
(Release ID :38831)